John Peter Oleson

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John Peter Oleson (* 1946 in Hackensack , USA ) is a Canadian - American classical archaeologist who works primarily in the field of underwater archeology .

Oleson studied Classical Archeology at Harvard University . From 1973 to 1976 he taught at Florida State University in Tallahassee . Since 1976 he has taught as Professor of Classics at the University of Victoria in Canada. In the 1970s and 1980s he took part in various archaeological dives in the Mediterranean together with the archaeologist Anna McCann Taggart . As an author, he has written several books about his discoveries in underwater archeology .

In 2010 he received the Pierre Chauveau Medal .

Publications (selection)

  • Sources of Innovation in Later Etruscan Tomb Design , Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Rome 1982, ISBN 88-85007-67-8
  • Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices. The History of a Technology , Phoenix, supplementary Vol. 16, University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1984, ISBN 0-8020-5597-4
  • Bronze Age, Greek and Roman Technology: A Select, Annotated Bibliography , New York: Garland Publishing, 1986, ISBN 0-8240-8677-5
  • The Roman Port and Fishery of Cosa , Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987, ISBN 0-691-03581-4
  • The Harbors of Caesarea Maritima. Vol. 1: The Site and the Excavations , BAR International Series, supplement 491, 1989, ISBN 0-86054-628-4
  • The Harbors of Caesarea Maritima. Vol. 2: The Finds and the Ship , BAR International Series, supplement 594, 1994, ISBN 0-86054-768-X
  • Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook , London: Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0-415-06136-9
  • Deep-Water Shipwrecks off Skerki Bank: The 1997 Survey , Journal of Roman Archeology , supplement 58, 2004, ISBN 1-887829-58-X
  • Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World , New York: Oxford University Press, 2008 (ed.), ISBN 978-0-19-973485-6
  • Humayma Excavation Project, 1: Resources, History and the Water-Supply System , ASOR Archaeological Reports, Vol. 15, 2010, ISBN 978-0-89757-083-1

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personal data
SURNAME Oleson, John Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-American Classical Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Hackensack , New Jersey